Erbil
Erbil is the capital and largest city in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the fourth-largest city in Iraq. It is one of the oldest continually-inhabited sites of human civilization, and is also a rapidly-growing and urbanizing center for the oil industry and NGOs in the Middle East. Wikivoyage
Population 846,000 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Iraq
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Citadel of Erbil Castle · 120 m -
Kurdish Textile Museum Museum · 270 m - Erbil stones and gem stones museum Museum · 230 m
- Kurdish Music Archive Museum · 190 m
- Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage Museum · 460 m
- دەروازەی ئەحمەدیە City gate · 90 m
- Traditional Hammam Ruins · 140 m
- Traditional Kurdish Costume Museum Museum · 160 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.